Reclamatory

Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective

Meaning

Reclaiming; pertaining to reclamation:.

Definitions by Sense

1. Reclaiming; pertaining to reclamation:
2. (religion, archaic) Reformative, corrective; (of a conversion) representing a return to orthodox religious faith and behavior.
3. (grammar, of a question) Asking for repetition (and sometimes expressing doubt or confusion).

Example Sentences

2. Evangelism; efforts to secure reclamatory conversions. 3. Missionary activities; at home and abroad.

With much that the author has to say we could very heartily agree, as, for example, the following, "religious education seeks to save the need for a reclamatory conversion, and in its stead to substitute a gradual and natural spiritual growth […]"

For them conversion is a necessary step in coming to God. They must return to moral sanity and say, "I will arise and go to my Father." While religious education seeks to make reclamatory conversion unnecessary by preventing the estrangement from God, religious educators should always recognize the need of effort to reclaim and then to train those whom the processes of nurture have either hever had a chance to win, or have failed in their effort to win.

But if conversion and religious education both aim at the same kind of spiritual release, wherein do they fundamentally differ? […] If vital growth in spiritual life vacates the need for a reclamatory conversion, we shall certainly not regret it.

For example, a reclamatory question (calling for a repetition) does not sort well with B + A; […]

The same is true of a question calling for a repetition (a reclamatory question) : (25) Are you OK? - Eh? (What? Am I what?) - Are you OK ? - Oh, sure, fine.

Nevertheless, reclamatory questions do not constitute a counterexample to my proposal, but rather provide evidence to strengthen it. They neatly differ from other repetitive interrogatives in a significant way: they are manifestly used to elicit […]

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